Sash-holder



(No Model.)

J. M GRUBB.

. SASH HOLDER. A No.. 395,894'. Patented Jan.' 8, 1889.

WJIJVESSES WW Fries.

PATENT JOHN M. GRUBB, OF IRONTON, OHIO.

SASH-H OLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,894, dated J'anuary 8, 1889.

Applica@ filed June 22, i888.

To @ZZ wwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. GRUBB, acitizen of the Inited States,residing at Ironton, inthe county of Lawrence and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inSash-Iloldcrs; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new and iniproved sash-holder, the objects ofwhich are to supply a cheap, simple, and effective device for holding awindow-sash up or down; to be attached to either the right or left sideof the window; to work Awithout. friction, except when holding thewindow up or down, and hence with a minimum amount of wear. I attainthese objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanyingl drawings,in which- Figure l. is a front plan view of my lmlder. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thewheel.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the holder, having a slot, e, runningthrouglrit longitudinally, bordered by edge-shaped sides B, continuingaround the broader end in a circular rim, l, and terminating as wedges alittle short of the end of the holder at the narrow end, whichconstruction forms a groove open at the narrow end, having parallelsides c on the inner sides and corrugated edges b on the outer sides. Inthis groove works a wheel, C, which is held to place by a screw whichpasses through a hole, c, in the wheel, and also through the slot e inthe holder, the slot c heilig wider than the diameter of thescrew-shank, so that the holder travels up and down without wear againstthe screw. The screw, after passing through the wheel and confining itby the head of the screw, (but not so tightly as to prevent itrevolving,) is screwed into the Serial No. 277,937. (No model.)

sash, and thus the holder is attached to its place. The screw is notshown in the drawings in place, for the reason that the relative partsof the device seem to be more clear for comprehension wit-hout it.

The outer wedge shaped edges of the holder are corrugated, as at l), sothat a better and firmer grip is had upon the inside of thewindow-casing. I design to make my holder of any suit-able material, asbrass, cast-iron, or the like.

The operation of my holder is as follows: I screw the holder onto eitherside of the sash in the manner heretofore indicated, taking care not todrive the screw so far into the sash as to prevent the wheel fromworking freely in the groove of the holder, and having the broader endof the holder uppermost. Now raise the window, then release it, and thewheel on the screw will ride up the groove until the broadening edge ofthe wedge between the slot and the window-easing arrests the downwardmovement of the sash and holds it securely. The harder it is pulleddownwardly the iirmer it is held in place.

vTo release the window for the purpose of lowering it, first raise itslightly, then turn the holderon the screw outwardly, so that the broadend has a reversed position, and the sash glides down to its place.lVhile being raised the wheel lies in the open end of thel groove andthe screw bears against the end of the slot, (indicated by 01,) so thatthe periphery of the wheel engages the window-casing, in which case itacts as a friction-wheel. Now leave the holder in its reversed position,press the wedged side up as far as possible between the screw-shank andthe windowcasing, and you have a holder that prevents the window frombeing raised. Thus it is seen that my holder is adapted for the right orleft side of a window-sash and also adapted to hold the sash either atany elevated point possible or to hold it from being elevated at all,.four functions attaching to one holder.

Having now described my holder, that which I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described article of manufacture, consisting of a windowsashholder IOO havingl seinciiculzil' ends (if (lif'feii'int dizii- InTestimony whereof I affix iiiy signature meters. a @entrai longitudinalslot, e, the i in presario@ 0i TWO Witnesses.

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